I think I'm finally coming out of "my kids have gone to school, now what?" funk and we are settling into our new routine for the year pretty well. Once the kids are home, we have snack together and talk about what we all did and then it's homework time. Sassyfras and Juiciness don't have formal homework, but the teachers encourage them to have 20 minutes of reading each day, so that is what they do for homework. They have also been working on writing, especially their site words. Little J has quite a bit more, but somehow his teacher has cast a spell over him and he likes doing it. Once homework is completed, we're on to our after school fun.

We had open house at their school this week and I was able to learn more about what will be covered this year and how I can help them be successful. Here are some ways that I plan for our after schooling

what will reinforce and/or extend their school lessons in a fun, easy going way?

what areas do my kids need extra help or practice to learn?

what subjects aren't covered well or at all in school that I would like them to experience?

what are their interests and what would they like to explore?

I want our after school experiences to be positive, family building, confidence building, and fun. I don't want it to occupy their free time/playtime, be stressful, or just plain not fun.

Little J's first science unit will be electricity and magnetism and the kindergartners are exploring animals. We visited the library last week to check out books on these subjects and will start some activities this week, so stay tuned.

What are you doing this week after school?

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Hi! I'm Kelly and my wonderful husband of 14 years and I have a 11 year old boy and boy/girl 7 year old twins. For this blog's purposes Dr. Wonderful is my husband, Little J is our 11 year old son, Juiciness is our 7 year old son, and his twin sister is Sassyfras- who has gone above and beyond to earn her nickname. I hope you will enjoy reading about our days.

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